Matthew 19:4

But he answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who created from the beginning, male and female hath made them?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

In Context

3And the Pharishee approached him, and, tempting him, propounded to him whether it was lawful for a man to send away his wife for every cause.

5And he said, On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did when he hungered, and they who were with him?

Matthew 21:42Jeshu saith to them, Have you not read in the scripture, that the stone which the builders rejected, this is become the head of the corner? By the Lord was this done, and it is wondrous in our eyes.

Mark 2:25Jeshu saith to them, Have you never read what David did, when he needed and was hungry, he, and they (who were) with him?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →

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